iamkris
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Well, I finally completed it! I've been cowboy shooting for a couple of years (and have loved westerns my whole life). I've always had and affinity for big bore rifles so this year I put a feeler out for a 1874 Sharps to see if I could find one within my price range.
Well, on the 3rd offer that came through (within about 5 hours of originally placing the WTB on several boards) I got an offer to sell a beautiful Cimmarron-imported Pedersoli Billy Dixon Model 1874 Sharps in .45-70. The former owner had put several hundred rounds through it, added a globe front sight and looks like he took good care of it. He even gave me his pet smokeless and BP loads to try. Plus the purchase price was about 60% of a new one.
Picked it up this morning and couldn't resist taking the following picture (sorry for the bad lighting...I spend my spare time shooting and not learning much about photography)
Oh, that's my matching set of Ruger Vaqueros in 45 Colt and a Rossi clone of a Winchester 1892 in 45 Colt too.
Well, on the 3rd offer that came through (within about 5 hours of originally placing the WTB on several boards) I got an offer to sell a beautiful Cimmarron-imported Pedersoli Billy Dixon Model 1874 Sharps in .45-70. The former owner had put several hundred rounds through it, added a globe front sight and looks like he took good care of it. He even gave me his pet smokeless and BP loads to try. Plus the purchase price was about 60% of a new one.
Picked it up this morning and couldn't resist taking the following picture (sorry for the bad lighting...I spend my spare time shooting and not learning much about photography)
Oh, that's my matching set of Ruger Vaqueros in 45 Colt and a Rossi clone of a Winchester 1892 in 45 Colt too.